<p>In a desperate bid to stay in the hunt for a semifinal berth, England led by Charlotte Edwards will go all out against South Africa in a do-or-die Super Six encounter of the ICC Women’s World Cup at the Barabati Stadium, here on Sunday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Both teams need to win this encounter to stay alive in the tournament and England will certainly start as favourites against South Africa who haven’t done anything worth taking a note of.<br /><br />England lost a low-scoring encounter against Australia by two runs while the West Indies beat South Africa by two wickets in their respective opening Super Six games.<br /><br />England, who were the runners-up during the Women’s World T20, will depend a lot on Edwards to fire. The 33-year-old seasoned pro has had a mixed tournament so far as she has failed to get into double figures Sri Lanka and Australia but scored a century (109) against India in a league match.<br /><br />Charlotte, who is now 91 runs short of completing 5000 runs in Women’s ODIs, will like to stand up and be counted when her team needs the most.<br /><br />The bowling attack is in able hands of seamer Katherine Brunt, who has been in good form having taken 10 wickets in four matches so far. All-rounder Aaran Brindle has got five wickets and two scores of 30-plus so far.<br /><br />For the Proteas eves, all eyes will be on 23-year-old Marizanne Kapp, who has had an excellent tournament with a century and a half-century apart from six wickets.<br /><br />What has been worrying for South Africa is lack of team effort and the poor form of their skipper Mignou du Preez.<br /></p>
<p>In a desperate bid to stay in the hunt for a semifinal berth, England led by Charlotte Edwards will go all out against South Africa in a do-or-die Super Six encounter of the ICC Women’s World Cup at the Barabati Stadium, here on Sunday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Both teams need to win this encounter to stay alive in the tournament and England will certainly start as favourites against South Africa who haven’t done anything worth taking a note of.<br /><br />England lost a low-scoring encounter against Australia by two runs while the West Indies beat South Africa by two wickets in their respective opening Super Six games.<br /><br />England, who were the runners-up during the Women’s World T20, will depend a lot on Edwards to fire. The 33-year-old seasoned pro has had a mixed tournament so far as she has failed to get into double figures Sri Lanka and Australia but scored a century (109) against India in a league match.<br /><br />Charlotte, who is now 91 runs short of completing 5000 runs in Women’s ODIs, will like to stand up and be counted when her team needs the most.<br /><br />The bowling attack is in able hands of seamer Katherine Brunt, who has been in good form having taken 10 wickets in four matches so far. All-rounder Aaran Brindle has got five wickets and two scores of 30-plus so far.<br /><br />For the Proteas eves, all eyes will be on 23-year-old Marizanne Kapp, who has had an excellent tournament with a century and a half-century apart from six wickets.<br /><br />What has been worrying for South Africa is lack of team effort and the poor form of their skipper Mignou du Preez.<br /></p>